3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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I have a couple of customers who make large municipal sized gate valves (60 inch range). The tolerances in Chinese made valves actually exceed the American made valves even though the plans/drawings are identical. The cost difference including freight is still too good to pass up. They shared some learned lessons from dealing with the Chinese. If you explain the application, the needed attention to detail, reputation of compnay and final product, the Chinese negotiate those factors into the price of the product and have their employees produce the product with those factors in mind. If you send them drawings and just negotiate price - it's a******shoot as to what you finally receive. Kind of a you get what you pay for and if you negotiate like a person/company that cares about your product- they respect that and mirror that in return.
Some american companies find a manufacturer over there- tell them what to make - just negotiate price and unfortunately the USA consumers neding up holding the bag, i.e. Chines tires, toys etc..
Rant off. Happy RV'ing!
I have a couple of customers who make large municipal sized gate valves (60 inch range). The tolerances in Chinese made valves actually exceed the American made valves even though the plans/drawings are identical. The cost difference including freight is still too good to pass up. They shared some learned lessons from dealing with the Chinese. If you explain the application, the needed attention to detail, reputation of compnay and final product, the Chinese negotiate those factors into the price of the product and have their employees produce the product with those factors in mind. If you send them drawings and just negotiate price - it's a******shoot as to what you finally receive. Kind of a you get what you pay for and if you negotiate like a person/company that cares about your product- they respect that and mirror that in return.
Some american companies find a manufacturer over there- tell them what to make - just negotiate price and unfortunately the USA consumers neding up holding the bag, i.e. Chines tires, toys etc..
Rant off. Happy RV'ing!
